Johnson: General Assembly seeks to close inboxes to public

From Sunshine Review

February 27, 2009

[edit] Johnson: General Assembly seeks to close inboxes to public

"When the Tennessee Center for Policy Research recently asked members of the Tennessee General Assembly for insight into their e-mail, two legislators not only didn’t respond — they filed legislation to exempt “electronic mail” from open records requests.

TCPR, a Nashville-based research institute, sent e-mails to all 132 legislators requesting a “screenshot” of their inboxes and their “sent items” folders. (My son, Reed, is an intern at TCPR and assisted in the research.) Only 60 lawmakers complied."

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